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WP Category Post List Widget

Description

Built on the latest WP widget class, it has multiple widget instance support. Also you can modify the HTML structure of the widget in what ever manner you want.

Every thing is made simple from the widget options. It supports post thumbnails which would fetch thumbnails you have added from the wp editor. You can also set the CSS class, alternate list css style and much more. Also, you have complete control over the sorting method of the plugin.

New from Version 2 is the shortcode support using which you can make magazine style list of posts from a category. See the screenshots for more details.

Documentation

Check the Installation and FAQ page. For detailed documentation check HERE at out blog

Widget Feature List

A total of 30 (new in V2) options to choose from. (For this version! It will increase over time).

We have kept the basic and advanced sets of options seperately to not to overwhelm you with options. And hey, if you are an advanced user, just click the Toggle switch.

NEW Use the Current Category to automatically fetch the main category of the currently displayed post and list down other posts from that category. Suspends widget output if no category is found.

Ability to write custom tags on the widget title. Such as %widget_num% will get replaced by the number of posts on the category list.

NEW Ability to show the original category as Read more button below the widget with full supported HTML

NEW Ability to show category feed subscription link with full supported HTML.

Of course the ability to specify the number of posts for each widget.

Turn on/off post thumbnail.

Add custom CSS class to the post thumbnail.

Ability to specify sort using date, id, title, comment or random

NEW Choose whether or not to display hardcoded/auto-generated post excerpts

NEW Added options for displaying author name, publish date etc.

Set the sorting order ascending or descending.

Selecting the default HTML underordered list or set up your very own custom HTML structure

Shortcode Feature List

[wp_cpl_sc attr="val"]

* 15 attributes to work with.
* Select CSS theme (bundled or your own via filters) for every instances of shortcodes
* All options to control all output aspects of shortcode, including blog style post-meta, excerpt, thumbnail etc…
Check the documentation for more information.

Shortcode Usage

The basic shortcode usage of the plugin is
[wp_cpl_sc cat_id=1 css_theme=2 list_num=5]
where you change the cat_id, list_num and css_theme values. For more information on attributes check the documentation page

Upgrading the Plugin

So far we have released a few versions of this plugin. You can just deactivate and delete old version and install the latest one from here.

Alternately you can use WordPress’ own auto-update feature and forget about updating manually.

FAQ

Installation Instructions

Uploading The Plugin

Extract all files from the ZIP file, making sure to keep the file/folder structure intact, and then upload it to /wp-content/plugins/.

Shortcode Usage

The basic shortcode usage of the plugin is
[wp_cpl_sc cat_id=1 css_theme=2 list_num=5]
where you change the cat_id, list_num and css_theme values. For more information on attributes check the documentation page

Upgrading the Plugin

So far we have released a few versions of this plugin. You can just deactivate and delete old version and install the latest one from here.

Alternately you can use WordPress’ own auto-update feature and forget about updating manually.

My Thumbnails are not showing up exactly as the size I have selected

WP CPL uses the default Thumbnail or Featured Image Feature of WP 2.9+. So, the thumbs are created when you upload the picture. For older pictures, it is not generated automatically. Not even when you change the thumb size. In such case just install and run this Regenerate Thumbnail Plugin. After installing it first time or whenever you change the Thumb size, it is recommended that you run this plugin once

Can I use different thumbnail for different widget?

This is not yet supported and I really don’t feel like using timthumb to generate thumbnails. However in future if I ever feel, then I will incorporate this feature

How can I use my own CSS for the widget?

Now this can be done using our CSS Theme filter API. A detailed instruction can be found HERE

Is it possible to use different CSS for different widget/shortcode?

Technically & simply Yes. Now you can simply choose the css theme from the dropdown (widgets) or mention the id in shortcode.

Reviews

Although this hasn’t been updated for some years – it still works really well. I’ve used it on a variety of themes through all the version 3 WordPress installations and now on 4.4. No other plugin gives the same level of reliable control over what posts show where and when. All the selection options work – all the time. Many of other plugins have issues with category or individual post exclusion – this one works and keeps working.